and
THE
EPISCOPALDIOCESEOF
KANSAS,
INC.
[SERVE:
Dean
E.
Wolfe
835
SW
Polk
St.,
Bethany
Place
Topeka,
KS
66612]
Defendants.
COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs,YolandaNkemakolam,asparentandnextfriend
of
K.N.("K.N."),ChristineStacy,asparentandnextfriend
of
N.S.(N.S.),PatrickStacy,asparentandnextfriend
of
G.S.("G.S."),andDianeTimmasparentandnextfriend
of
H.T.("H.T.")(allPlaintiffswillcollectivelybereferredtoas"Plaintiffs"),fortheircause
of
actionagainstDefendantSt.John'sMilitarySchool("St.John's"),TheDomesticandForeignMissionarySociety
of
theProtestant
EpiscopalChurchintheUnitedStates("EpiscopalChurch")andtheEpiscopalDiocese
of
Kansas,Inc.("KansasEpiscopalChurch")(collectivelythe"EpiscopalChurchDefendants")allegeandstateasfollows:
INTRODUCTION
'Train
achildinthe
way
heshouldgo,andwhenheisoldhewillnotturnfromit."
-Proverbs-Ch.
22:6
"Whenwe
assumedthesoldier,wedidnotlayasidethecitizen."
—GeorgeWashington
"Leave
no
man
behind."
—U.S.
Marine
Corp.
mantra
St.John'sepiscopalmilitaryschoolistheantithesis
of
suchvaluedinstructions.The
schoolallowsandencouragesolderstudentstoabuseyoungstudents-physically,mentally,
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